Very good! Not really a cookie, but who cares? Yummy! :) I will make them again, but next I'll double the cream cheese layer. Then they will be perfect. :)
I deducted a star for two reasons, the first being that I think there needs to be more of the cream cheese layer (easy fix), and the second reason is that the instructions were a bit vague, which was not an issue for me, I know what I'm doing, but someone a bit more inexperienced would probably have trouble following it. Recipes need to be written with the novice in mind. :)
All in all, a keeper. Quick, easy, delicious.

Reviewer:

This is delicious. I was sitting here reading over the reviews one evening around 10PM and it was calling my name and I had to get up and make it. Didn't have quite a whole 8 oz cream cheese so I only added the egg, sugar and vanilla to be sure mixture remained thick enough. Had to add an extra tbsp of butter for crust to hold together. Hubby who isn't a big sweets fan asked for seconds. Yummy! Update 5/23/14 Made with an entire cream cheese as recipe calls for, used 1 tsp vanilla n 1/2 tsp almond extracts, still omitted milk. Hubby who is a HUGE cheesecake fan said "at the risk of ruining his status as cheesecake being his fav dessert, this is better." This is an enormous compliment to you Debbie Evans. Thanks for this great recipe.

Reviewer:

Great tasting bar cookie. I used homemade butter and cream cheese. (Have our own cow!) Oops, I was multitasking at the time, baking other cookies , and forgot to bake the crust first. I had already spread the cream cheese mixture on, so I increased the bake time ten minutes .... worked fine.

Reviewer:

After reading the prior reviews, I made the following changes: added a container of raspberries to the top layer of crust, prior to baking 12 mins. I wanted to try blueberries (per another review) but they're not in season- next time. I added 1/3 cup of sugar (instead of 1/4 cup) to the cream cheese mix and 3 tsp of lime juice (instead of 1 tsp lemon juice). Baked in a 8x8 square dish. This recipe turned out wonderful. But I can't imagine not adding some type of fruit as a middle layer. I don't like things super sweet so this was perfect for me. I look forward to having it with coffee.

Reviewer:

I made these last night and after reading the reviews I decided to add more flavorings,(vanilla, lemon juice and lemon zest ) and I added a bit more sugar but it still wasn't enough. It is a nice snack when you're in a pinch but it won't be my "go to" until I " tweak it" a bit more.